MRI hydrographic 3D sequences in CADASIL.

[cadasil]

Two patients with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL ) (figure ), evolving with cognitive deterioration , had MRI . Hydrographic 3 D high -resolution turbo spin-echo (TSE ) with variable flip angle sequence (SPACE ) was performed to demonstrate the subcortical lacunar lesions (SLL ) (figure , A and B ), considered specific in CADASIL .(1 .)

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "leukoencephalopathy" symptom

adrenomyeloneuropathy

alexander disease

cadasil

canavan disease

epidermolysis bullosa simplex

gm1 gangliosidosis

hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis

krabbe disease

phenylketonuria

pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency

sneddon syndrome

x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

zellweger syndrome

This symptom has already been validated